GSWS 318 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Postfeminism, Celebrity Culture, My Truth

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Gender Sexuality & Wom St
• Course: GSWS 318
• Professor: Eirini Kotsovili

Document Summary

Making stars: star phenomenon consists of everything that is publicly available, film stars image is not just their film, it is the promotion of those films, public appearances, studio hand-outs, interviews, biographies and coverage in the press. Living stars: private, subconscious, id, imaginary, public, conscious, ego, symbolic. In seduction the hero breaks the rules or norms: ex. It is possible, permissible to romp in the forbidden pasture. In transcendence the hero produces a fresh point of view a feeling of integrity and makes a new man. Reinforcement of values under threat: hero"s only reinforce by embodying dominate values, they reinforce these values especially in times of crisis, ex. Compensation: stars compensate people for qualities lacking in their lives, three prevailing models for the feminine sex role, the domesticity pattern, the career pattern, glamour pattern. Postfeminist celebrity culture and the gendering of authenticity.